Absolute Beginners Page #5

for anyone who can't afford it.

You know what I mean?

Little incentive schemes.

Don't you worry.

Is this who I think it is, Maury?

He lives at one of ours,

in Ladbroke Crescent.

Bright boy. He'll land on his feet.

Hey, ease up.

Hello, Tradewind.

Jump in.

Close shave, Colin.

City's full of people, kid.

People looking for rainbows, Colin.

Cantare

Oh, oh, oh, oh

But I've been looking for you.

Ho, ho, ho!

You deserve a drink, Colin.

It's over there.

I don't drink.

Well, not anymore.

Smoke? Take a strand.

You're never alone with a strand, Colin.

What's this?

A housing development for newlyweds.

It's lovely.

No, it's not, son. It's horrible.

But it's lucrative.

Which brings us back to you.

I've been looking at your photographs.

You are talented. Smile.

But you're wasting your time.

I think I can safely say

you could get anything you want.

Ow!

By working for me, Colin.

What, selling things to people

who don't want them?

Never things, Colin.

We don't sell things.

We sell dreams.

- Rich.

- Mellow.

- Dazzling.

- Radiant.

- Fresh.

- King-size.

Do you hear what I hear?

Do you see what I see?

Colin, I want you to use

your imagination

You wake up one morning

and you ask yourself

Why am I so exciting?

What makes me dramatic?

You're trying to say

something about yourself

This dazzling crime of wisdom

You fall for reality

You're bruised and bewildered

Then you learn to fall in love

with yourself

That's motivation

You raise yourself high,

presenting your soul

You step from the shadows,

you hear the command

An image to dream, you

tremble permission

Tomorrow's rewards

flood the skies of today

You're swept by the tide

Of delight's every dream

A life of such powerful meaning

Now you has class

Now you has flash

Now you has mass motivation

There's an image I can recommend

There's a product you will die for

Here's a nightmare that will never end

Gets you fired up burning

Then you go, go, go, go

You know you got something

You know you got style

We don't take much, just a little bit

That's motivation

Welcome to the world

of your dreams, Colin

Where you can do what you want

Commit horrible sins

and get away with it

Lust

Gluttony

Pride

Anger

Sloth

Avarice

And jealousy

You know you got something

You know you got the style

We don't take much, just a little bit

That's motivation

No more false illusion

Good bye to confusion

Stand out from the madding crowd

Motivation is symphony

Symphony and style

That's motivation

- It's thrilling

- Original

That's motivation

- Scintillating

- Charismatic

That's motivation

As fresh as tomorrow

That's motivation

- Say what?

- Motivation

New soul

Now you has class motive

Now you has mass motivation!

I'm your boy, Vendice.

For most of the summer, then,

Suze and I only saw each other

in the smart magazines.

At least she could

follow my meteoric career

as a professional teenager.

She must've known

I was only doing it for her,

so she wouldn't have to

slip into that world completely alone.

"From now on," I said,

"I'm gonna be a tough, tough nut

and a very practical boy."

My exhibition could wait.

It's funny,

once you make up your mind

to let go and sell out,

it's one damn check after another.

Money at the best time to have it,

when you're young and strong.

Money to catch Suzette when she falls.

And she's gonna fall.

Wait and see.

And as for photography,

well, it isn't exactly difficult, is it?

Right. Hands on the handlebars.

Hands on the handlebars, Dean, right?

And turn away from me.

Hands on the handlebars,

and turn around to profile.

That's it, just hold it there.

That's, uh, that's great, Dean.

Right, feet off the handlebars,

and look straight into the lens.

Dean, straight into the lens, man.

Come on.

That's it. Just hold it right there.

That's lovely.

Teenage phenomenon.

Crashing into the TV casbah,

are we, Colin?

That's the name of the game, Dean.

Can't say I'm not displeased.

Cool it, man. These are serious shots.

And this is a real pearl.

And this is Mr. Dean.

Smash his trash.

Just one more, Dean. Hold it.

Dean, just one more.

I haven't finished the session.

Hey, Reptile.

Hiya, Wiz.

Where'd you get the new skin?

Like it?

It's all right. Must've cost a few bob.

What've you been up to, then, stranger?

Haven't seen you

around the track lately.

Well, I've moved out of Napoli.

It's not England anymore, is it?

I've got a pad down here now.

Yeah?

And I got a brand new racket.

Do you want a free sample?

Poodle parlor. Yes.

Oh, no, we only do the straight shampoo.

Yes. Ten minutes?

That'll be fine.

Eat.

Match me, Wiz.

Yeah, that's a nice suit, Colin.

Formula works, doesn't it?

The power of youth, remember?

See, lover girl's younger than me.

None of the poodles is under 50.

It works like a dream.

Wet dreams, Wiz.

Risky.

Seedy.

No class.

You could keep it

clean and unreal, look, like me.

That's a bit rich coming from a kid

I've known around town

for flogging dirty pictures.

I was just in that kick

for giggles, Wiz.

I've moved on.

Yeah, I knew you'd go up in the world

once you got rid of that girl.

Or did she get rid of you?

You wouldn't understand.

Motivation, that's what you need.

Self-motivation.

She's jailbait,

and you're the one who'll end up inside.

Can you imagine me in a court?

Who's gonna believe a baby face like me

could be in this racket?

If you could see yourself now,

you'd realize you don't look

young at all.

You just look old.

Old and used.

Yeah, well, it's an old business,

isn't it?

Anyway, if the cowboys come down on me,

you'll have the money

to bail me out, now.

You're so flash.

Don't be so sure.

You'll come running. You adore me.

Happy honeymoon!

Long life, everything crash

In the world if we use the gas

Move out.

Say hello to the TV cameras for me.

You're going now, then?

Gimme a break.

See you later at Chez Nobody's.

Adios, bambino. Adios!

Two...

One...

Cue, Cobber.

Hi there, pop pickers.

Tonight, the teenage phenomenon.

I have with me in

the studio Amberley Drove,

conservative member for Beckensfield,

and a former headmaster.

Top pop picker, Harry Charms.

Hello there, pop fans. Nice to see you.

We have that delightful lady newshound

all the way from the U.S. of A,

Dido Lament.

Hello.

And last but not least, Colin.

Don't he look good, eh?

Hooray!

He's a teenager

who's really going places.

Ladies and gentlemen,

teenagers, let's get with it.

Now, Colin here

snaps the habits of his fellow teens,

capturing them alive.

Well, uh, half-dead, some of them.

What?

I've often wondered what you'd get

if you crossed Jayne Mansfield

with an orangutan.

What's he saying that for?

- What the hell do you think you're doing?

- Colin, it's all right.

That bourgeois bastard.

He's the kind that's turned this scene

into minks and jags,

and little homes in Teddington.

Now, that's more like it.

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